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IM4X
02-12-2022, 11:50 PM
All of the X players are good kids. All of them have tremendous talent. All of them are proud to be X-men and wear the jersey with pride. All of them are going to play well at times and struggle at times for one reason or another.

It’s okay to be frustrated when a player or the team as a whole isn’t playing up to potential, but let’s not berate our guys. Let’s never question their character, only their questionable actions. Let’s always show them some love. In this new crazy world of “Cancel Culture” let’s refuse to give up on any of them or try to shut them down. These guys are part of our X family. They are part of us. Let’s lift them up - not kick them when they are down.

Let’s remember we are Xavier damn it. No one is left out or left behind. We are ALL FOR ONE!!!!

Let’s get behind all of our X-men and (as Nunge put it) “BELIEVE” in them.

Let’s go Zach! Let’s go Nate! Let’s go Jack! Let’s go Paul. Let’s go Adam. Let’s go Colby! Let’s fo Dwon! Let’s Go Jerome. Let’s go Cesare! Let’s Go Ben! Let’s go Kyky! Let’s go Dieonte! Let’s go Elijah! Let’s go Ramon! Let’s go Zak! Let’s go Spencer!

LET’S GO X!!!!!!!!!!!

basket
02-13-2022, 07:39 AM
Well said!!

American X
02-13-2022, 08:16 AM
I quote Ferris Bueller quoting John Lennon: "I don't believe in Beatles. I just believe in Jack Nunge."

X Factor
02-13-2022, 09:05 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIWSEdtRosg

Masterofreality
02-13-2022, 09:34 AM
All of the X players are good kids. All of them have tremendous talent. All of them are proud to be an X-man and wear the jersey with pride. All of them are going to play well at times and struggle at times for one reason or another.

It’s okay to be frustrated when a player or the team as a whole isn’t playing up to potential, but let’s not berate our guys. Let’s never question their character, only their questionable actions. Let’s always show them some love. In this new crazy world of “Cancel Culture” let’s refuse to give up on any of them or try to shut them down. These guys are part of our X family. They are part of us. Let’s lift them up - not kick them when they are down.

Let’s remember we are Xavier damn it. No one is left out or left behind. We are ALL FOR ONE!!!!

Let’s get behind all of our X-men and (as Nunge put it) “BELIVE” in them.

Let’s go Zach! Let’s go Nate! Let’s go Jack! Let’s go Paul. Let’s go Adam. Let’s go Colby! Let’s fo Dwon! Let’s Go Jerome. Let’s go Cesare! Let’s Go Ben! Let’s go Kyky! Let’s go Dieonte! Let’s go Elijah! Let’s go Ramon! Let’s go Zak! Let’s go Spencer!

LET’S GO X!!!!!!!!!!!

I endorse this message.
#MusketeersForever

basket
02-14-2022, 06:12 AM
GREAT movie! GREAT quote!! I as a coach use lines from that movie regularly!!

Xville
02-14-2022, 08:35 AM
Love the message. Bottle up that UConn effort and gameplay and use it the rest of the way, and this team can do some things. I’m sure just like us, Paul and the rest of the boys just really want to see x on a bracket line again. It’s been too long.

boozehound
02-14-2022, 08:53 AM
If we play the rest of the season like we played UConn things will be OK. It was great to see them execute a winning game plan. This should be the blueprint for how we need to play the rest of the season - we can still win games without hot outside shooting, but if Nate or Kunkel get out from beyond the arc we could beat almost anyone.

UCGRAD4X
02-14-2022, 11:47 AM
It ain't over yet


https://youtu.be/EGtjT1Wi5GY

xuphan
02-14-2022, 02:46 PM
All of the X players are good kids. All of them have tremendous talent. All of them are proud to be X-men and wear the jersey with pride. All of them are going to play well at times and struggle at times for one reason or another.

It’s okay to be frustrated when a player or the team as a whole isn’t playing up to potential, but let’s not berate our guys. Let’s never question their character, only their questionable actions. Let’s always show them some love. In this new crazy world of “Cancel Culture” let’s refuse to give up on any of them or try to shut them down. These guys are part of our X family. They are part of us. Let’s lift them up - not kick them when they are down.

Let’s remember we are Xavier damn it. No one is left out or left behind. We are ALL FOR ONE!!!!

Let’s get behind all of our X-men and (as Nunge put it) “BELIEVE” in them.

Let’s go Zach! Let’s go Nate! Let’s go Jack! Let’s go Paul. Let’s go Adam. Let’s go Colby! Let’s fo Dwon! Let’s Go Jerome. Let’s go Cesare! Let’s Go Ben! Let’s go Kyky! Let’s go Dieonte! Let’s go Elijah! Let’s go Ramon! Let’s go Zak! Let’s go Spencer!

LET’S GO X!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember getting all hyped up after the away Creighton win. Thought the second half of the game would be a turning point in the conference season. Road Kill! I was terrible wrong about that. I am going to wait until after the St Johns game to see if they can sustain this level of basketball more than one game or if they fall back into the slump.

IM4X
02-14-2022, 09:04 PM
I remember getting all hyped up after the away Creighton win. Thought the second half of the game would be a turning point in the conference season. Road Kill! I was terrible wrong about that. I am going to wait until after the St Johns game to see if they can sustain this level of basketball more than one game or if they fall back into the slump.

We shall see. This feels a little different than the Creighton game though. For starters, we saw pretty much 40 minute of hustle in the UConn game and it seemed like players who were struggling for some time were finally finding a grove especially on offense.

muskiefan82
02-15-2022, 10:41 AM
Miller and some ex-players didn't come talk to the team after the Creighton game. Here's hoping that talk has impact for the rest of the season

xuphan
02-15-2022, 10:43 AM
We shall see. This feels a little different than the Creighton game though. For starters, we saw pretty much 40 minute of hustle in the UConn game and it seemed like players who were struggling for some time were finally finding a grove especially on offense.

We will find out on Wednesday.

fredsw36
02-15-2022, 12:50 PM
Thank you! That's the Xavier spirit I remember "59

IM4X
02-16-2022, 04:46 AM
Thank you! That's the Xavier spirit I remember "59

The spirit you had back in ‘59 is the same spirit I remember from my days at X during the late 80s thru the start of the 90s. We had so much pride being the big fish in the little MCC pond… popping into the top 25 here and there and scaring the bejesus out of eventual National Championship teams in the NCAA tournament. Watching X bump up to higher level conferences as they somehow remained a big fish in each of the bigger ponds has just been a beautiful thing to behold. I’m not sure any D1 basketball program has taken a bigger leap forward in status over the past 35 years than X.

I get the frustration fans are showing. The program is not meeting the standard we all expect it to meet. It’s even fair for fans to hold players and coaches accountable. At the same time, we fans owe it to the team to get behind them when they are giving their best effort on the court. I hope fans are ready to get behind the team now that we are seeing players show they are working hard to find their rhythm and when we see the team show they are improving chemistry.

I am excited to see how this tram finishes this season. I know Paul and Nate are going to dig deep to give it everything they’ve got during this final stretch of their collegiate career. They are the only two on the team with NCAA Tournament experience. Paul and Nate (together with a steady Nunge and an emerging Freemantle) are going to lead this team to a special ending. In Nunge and this X team I believe.

Xavier
02-16-2022, 10:04 AM
The spirit you had back in ‘59 is the same spirit I remember from my days at X during the late 80s thru the start of the 90s. We had so much pride being the big fish in the little MCC pond… popping into the top 25 here and there and scaring the bejesus out of eventual National Championship teams in the NCAA tournament. Watching X bump up to higher level conferences as they somehow remained a big fish in each of the bigger ponds has just been a beautiful thing to behold. I’m not sure any D1 basketball program has taken a bigger leap forward in status over the past 35 years than X.
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I’ve loved the ride. But there was a time when X was in better shape than Gonzaga- but they just pulled away. We aren’t sure even close anymore

JTG
02-16-2022, 11:53 AM
The spirit you had back in ‘59 is the same spirit I remember from my days at X during the late 80s thru the start of the 90s. We had so much pride being the big fish in the little MCC pond… popping into the top 25 here and there and scaring the bejesus out of eventual National Championship teams in the NCAA tournament. Watching X bump up to higher level conferences as they somehow remained a big fish in each of the bigger ponds has just been a beautiful thing to behold. I’m not sure any D1 basketball program has taken a bigger leap forward in status over the past 35 years than X.
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I can think of 2 teams that have gone way farther. Gonzaga, who is in another stratosphere than X, and Butler, who went to two Final Fours, but has flamed out, and has resumed their mediocracy. Had we kept one of the past coaches, especially Miller or Matta, we'd be right there with the Zags. And Butler owes their entire success to Brad Stevens, the basketball savant. Had he not made a stop there they'd be nothing. And yes, we've come a long way, but many of us on here don't have a lot of years left to see X at the top of the mountain. That's where the frustration sets in.

IM4X
02-16-2022, 02:26 PM
I’ve loved the ride. But there was a time when X was in better shape than Gonzaga- but they just pulled away. We aren’t sure even close anymore

Fair point. Gonzaga has risen higher and arguably had a bigger overall leap. It sure helps when you have a very good coach who is content with building the program he was given instead of taking off to building his own ego. In my opinion Few and Wright got it right. At least I’d bet they were not feeling better about their choices and about their current circumstances then say Miller and Mack.

IM4X
02-16-2022, 02:39 PM
I can think of 2 teams that have gone way farther. Gonzaga, who is in another stratosphere than X, and Butler, who went to two Final Fours, but has flamed out, and has resumed their mediocracy. Had we kept one of the past coaches, especially Miller or Matta, we'd be right there with the Zags. And Butler owes their entire success to Brad Stevens, the basketball savant. Had he not made a stop there they'd be nothing. And yes, we've come a long way, but many of us on here don't have a lot of years left to see X at the top of the mountain. That's where the frustration sets in.

Butler did leap a bit higher - but I might argue that we started a bit lower… and as you pointed out they have fallen a little behind X now. The Zags arguably had a bigger leap. They are certainly at a higher level right now. I believe Brad Stevens and Mark Few (and Wright) are a little more gifted than any coach we’ve had, but I could see us being even a bit higher than where we are now had Matta or Miller stayed. Personally, I think Matta is the best we’ve had, as he had success at Butler, at X and went on to two make two Final Fours
at OSU.

XUGRAD80
02-16-2022, 08:58 PM
I do not believe in this teams chance of making the tourney, let alone winning games there….at all.

I feel like we are stuck in a real world Groundhog Day movie.

whopper
02-16-2022, 09:02 PM
i have to believe but this was a very poor effort by us coupled with a complete effort by them..the perfect storm. Hang on

Xavier
02-16-2022, 09:04 PM
X will make the tournament just fine. Oh the bubble, sure- but we have a good resume compared to other bubble teams. Unfortunately year in year out if X finishes 4th in big East it’s a good year now. 3rd and it’s a great season. That is unacceptable.

XUOWNSUC
02-16-2022, 09:05 PM
I have zero belief in Travis Steele.

MHettel
02-16-2022, 09:14 PM
Have you ever owned a stock that was worth $100.

Then it went to $80, but you believed in it and kept it.

Then it went to $60, and you figured it was under valued and you hunkered down.

Then at $40, it HAD to be the bottom, right?

At $20, you were willing to get a HELOC to grab more at this price.

At Zero, you realized that you should have sold years ago.

xu82
02-16-2022, 09:27 PM
Have you ever owned a stock that was worth $100.

Then it went to $80, but you believed in it and kept it.

Then it went to $60, and you figured it was under valued and you hunkered down.

Then at $40, it HAD to be the bottom, right?

At $20, you were willing to get a HELOC to grab more at this price.

At Zero, you realized that you should have sold years ago.

I believe in Xavier basketball!!!

(But I don’t need it to retire.)


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Xavier
02-16-2022, 09:36 PM
The Cintas center is no longer a tough place to play.

xuwillie
02-16-2022, 09:57 PM
X will make the tournament just fine. Oh the bubble, sure- but we have a good resume compared to other bubble teams. Unfortunately year in year out if X finishes 4th in big East it’s a good year now. 3rd and it’s a great season. That is unacceptable.


I don't know how you can say that. We could easily be around 50 in kenpon when its over and 2`3 games below 500. I dont think that should get us in the NIT. At this point its sad to say but I'm hoping we don't get in. Having Steele back next year would be quite painful

xu82
02-16-2022, 10:00 PM
Are we all familiar with the serenity prayer?

XUOWNSUC
02-16-2022, 10:05 PM
I don't know how you can say that. We could easily be around 50 in kenpon when its over and 2`3 games below 500. I dont think that should get us in the NIT. At this point its sad to say but I'm hoping we don't get in. Having Steele back next year would be quite painful

I agree with you but Steele isn’t going anywhere next year no matter what. The higher-ups and big donors still like him.

Unfortunately.

XU 23
02-16-2022, 10:12 PM
I agree with you but Steele isn’t going anywhere next year no matter what. The higher-ups and big donors still like him.

Unfortunately.

Who honestly has more power? The big donors or the season ticket holders? Asking for a friend...

Strange Brew
02-16-2022, 10:12 PM
I agree with you but Steele isn’t going anywhere next year no matter what. The higher-ups and big donors still like him.

Unfortunately.

Why?

Xavier
02-16-2022, 10:57 PM
Who honestly has more power? The big donors or the season ticket holders? Asking for a friend...

As a season ticket holder….it’s the big donors. Sorry

IM4X
02-16-2022, 11:57 PM
The Cintas center is no longer a tough place to play.

This might be the least forgivable of all Steele’s sins as head coach of X. Add to that sin, not having any NCAA tournaments appearances and four consecutive seasons of his teams taking a nose dive late in the season. Yes, the BE part of the schedule is tougher than most of the non conference schedule but still… it is not a good look to be losing late in the season at home and in the BE tournament to teams that are not in the top half of the conference.

GoMuskies
02-17-2022, 12:58 AM
I don't believe in this team.

ArizonaXUGrad
02-17-2022, 01:43 AM
I don't believe in this team.

There is enough talent on this team. I definitely don’t believe in this staff. I see better coaches do more with a lot less. These players deserve more.

GoMuskies
02-17-2022, 01:47 AM
I like the members of the team. But not so much the team.

XUGRAD80
02-17-2022, 07:05 AM
I don’t get the thought that this team has enough talent. I see the members of this team get beaten athletically, physically, and mentally over and over. They are all good at something, but none of them are good at enough things. Free is slow of foot, not a great jumper, and not overly strong. Nunge gets pushed around on the inside and can’t dunk over smaller players, let alone players his size. Scruggs is not a good ball handler and doesn’t shoot extremely well. His defense is not great either. I could go on and on and cover all of the players, but I think you get the point. NONE of them is an all-league player. ALL of them have some real deficiencies that other teams see and take advantage of. I’m not saying that coaching isn’t a problem, it is. It’s a BIG PART of the problem with this team, perhaps it’s the biggest problem. But when I see SJU players drive the length of the court through traffic and dunk easily, when I see SJU players blocking shot after shot, when I see Xavier players get abused on defense and unable to make open 3 point shots, I’m not seeing how anyone can say that X has enough talent.

whopper
02-17-2022, 07:36 AM
I dont even listen to the sound on Fox Sports as they really hype our wonderful players(not being sarcastic) too much. Nate best shooter, Colby swiss army knife, Zach/Paul all league, night after night must creep into the players head. If i was an opponent like Jalen Terry or David Jones(Depaul or Soriano or Montez or Koburn i would watch this all the time to psych me up. In this day of social media it is impossible for players to ignore and i think it has taken the edge off our players as i dont hear the other team's players mentioned as much. My 2 cents. Lets go X and we CAN steal a road game over the next 2 weeks or even 2. Will we? We shall see but Depaul, St Johns, Providence did not seem to shrink on the road.

bleedXblue
02-17-2022, 08:29 AM
The team is clearly not athletic and physical enough. So when you play soft and miss shots, you get hammered at home.

Steele put this team together and is the leader. He is responsible. I DO NOT see anything changing in the short term.

xuwillie
02-17-2022, 08:35 AM
Its been the same thing for 4 years. You have a team that just can't shoot. But yeah steele is a hell of a recruiter.

sgarcia
02-17-2022, 08:38 AM
I don’t get the thought that this team has enough talent. I see the members of this team get beaten athletically, physically, and mentally over and over. They are all good at something, but none of them are good at enough things. Free is slow of foot, not a great jumper, and not overly strong. Nunge gets pushed around on the inside and can’t dunk over smaller players, let alone players his size. Scruggs is not a good ball handler and doesn’t shoot extremely well. His defense is not great either. I could go on and on and cover all of the players, but I think you get the point. NONE of them is an all-league player. ALL of them have some real deficiencies that other teams see and take advantage of. I’m not saying that coaching isn’t a problem, it is. It’s a BIG PART of the problem with this team, perhaps it’s the biggest problem. But when I see SJU players drive the length of the court through traffic and dunk easily, when I see SJU players blocking shot after shot, when I see Xavier players get abused on defense and unable to make open 3 point shots, I’m not seeing how anyone can say that X has enough talent.

We are soft and reactive, not physical and proactive.

Xville
02-17-2022, 08:42 AM
This team has talent to easily get into the tournament, they are underachieving due to coaching. Are they all league as individuals? Certainly not, but enough to be top half in the big East which this year is solidly in. Doesn’t mean that’s where I think they will end up. Based on what I see, assuming 7th or 8th, and right on that bubble line.

BigMoeMusketeer
02-17-2022, 09:17 AM
This is the bones of the same team that collapsed last year, adding in a talented, but not great, Jack Nunge. Why is anyone surprised that history is repeating itself?

No one actually knows what Dr. H thinks, how could you? Even if she says she is pro-Travis out loud, that means nothing really. Greg Christopher is a part-time AD who is still 0 for career in basketball hires, so do you even want him hiring another coach?

Bob Kohlhepp still has the strings, and while there are MANY "big donors" that are way over this staff / era of Xavier basketball, until THE donors are ready to pull the trigger, it won't happen. I'm sure Mike McCaw's donation looms large as well, which is in and of itself a different issue.

Let's be honest, MHettel's stock analogy is really, really good. We are closer to Butler than Villanova right now, whether we want to admit it or not. We look like we'll be under .500 in the league at this point, which is underachieving given the expectations, PLUS where this team was in December. Again. Rinse. Repeat.

A Fan
02-17-2022, 10:09 AM
I can’t argue with your assessment of the players. Other than a few, they have significant limitations to consistently win in the Big East.Thus Steele is not a great Big East recruiter. But , beyond that, what is he doing wrong or not doing that would make them better. Use the Jay Wright analogy if you wish. What would he be doing with these mediocre players?


I don’t get the thought that this team has enough talent. I see the members of this team get beaten athletically, physically, and mentally over and over. They are all good at something, but none of them are good at enough things. Free is slow of foot, not a great jumper, and not overly strong. Nunge gets pushed around on the inside and can’t dunk over smaller players, let alone players his size. Scruggs is not a good ball handler and doesn’t shoot extremely well. His defense is not great either. I could go on and on and cover all of the players, but I think you get the point. NONE of them is an all-league player. ALL of them have some real deficiencies that other teams see and take advantage of. I’m not saying that coaching isn’t a problem, it is. It’s a BIG PART of the problem with this team, perhaps it’s the biggest problem. But when I see SJU players drive the length of the court through traffic and dunk easily, when I see SJU players blocking shot after shot, when I see Xavier players get abused on defense and unable to make open 3 point shots, I’m not seeing how anyone can say that X has enough talent.

ArizonaXUGrad
02-17-2022, 10:20 AM
Steele has plenty of top 100 talent he recruited. This is year 4 and they are his guys. Win now or he is looking for his next gig.

drudy23
02-17-2022, 11:47 AM
This is the bones of the same team that collapsed last year, adding in a talented, but not great, Jack Nunge. Why is anyone surprised that history is repeating itself?

No one actually knows what Dr. H thinks, how could you? Even if she says she is pro-Travis out loud, that means nothing really. Greg Christopher is a part-time AD who is still 0 for career in basketball hires, so do you even want him hiring another coach?

Bob Kohlhepp still has the strings, and while there are MANY "big donors" that are way over this staff / era of Xavier basketball, until THE donors are ready to pull the trigger, it won't happen. I'm sure Mike McCaw's donation looms large as well, which is in and of itself a different issue.

Let's be honest, MHettel's stock analogy is really, really good. We are closer to Butler than Villanova right now, whether we want to admit it or not. We look like we'll be under .500 in the league at this point, which is underachieving given the expectations, PLUS where this team was in December. Again. Rinse. Repeat.

Curious - why would even a Big Donor not be frustrated as well? Is it the relationship with the FIL? Is it because Steele was his guy and doesn't want to look bad? I mean, this is the 4th year of the same mediocrity. 4 years is a long time with no upward push.

Xavier
02-17-2022, 12:57 PM
I know it’s on Steele. But Scruggs deserves some blame here. Byron and Joe kept saying how tired and out of it Scruggs was last night- the team followed his lead. I am rooting for him, he made a commitment with his extra covid year. I want him to be that leader X needs, but he doesn’t have it in him. After he had that dunk against OSU I thought it was a statement moment for him. A sign of things to come this year. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

Not everyone is a leader, though. So while it’s disappointing, Steele is the main issue. (Four years of lack of leadership…that could be a downfall of getting so many transfers. It’s obviously great, we’ve brought a ton of good guys in. Probably harder to get those leaders, and everyone was looking to Paul for that and to get everyone to gel)

Jumpin_Jamal_Forever
02-17-2022, 01:37 PM
I don’t get the thought that this team has enough talent. I see the members of this team get beaten athletically, physically, and mentally over and over. They are all good at something, but none of them are good at enough things. Free is slow of foot, not a great jumper, and not overly strong. Nunge gets pushed around on the inside and can’t dunk over smaller players, let alone players his size. Scruggs is not a good ball handler and doesn’t shoot extremely well. His defense is not great either. I could go on and on and cover all of the players, but I think you get the point. NONE of them is an all-league player. ALL of them have some real deficiencies that other teams see and take advantage of. I’m not saying that coaching isn’t a problem, it is. It’s a BIG PART of the problem with this team, perhaps it’s the biggest problem. But when I see SJU players drive the length of the court through traffic and dunk easily, when I see SJU players blocking shot after shot, when I see Xavier players get abused on defense and unable to make open 3 point shots, I’m not seeing how anyone can say that X has enough talent.

You know, I have come to agree with this assessment. At the beginning of this season, I thought we had tons of talent. And I thought questioning the talent level was being pessimistic. But, every single sentence above is accurate. We, on this board, looked at our team last October and thought we had an abundance of riches. But, we are not all that athletic. We are not that strong. Our ball handling and three point shooting isn't better than our competition. We just ain't that good. To top it off, as Sean Miller noted, we are soft. I have to give credit to another poster, somewhere on this board, who noted that we are pretty much what the back of our baseball card says we are.

Xville
02-17-2022, 01:47 PM
I agree with xugrad80 in terms of talent except when it comes to the defensive side of the ball. Being an average Defender doesn’t take a ton of talent, it does take a ton of want to and out working the opposition. Almost all of our guys are below average defenders on a consistent basis—that’s a motivation and coaching problem. It’s become apparent to me that Steele is a pretty awful motivator up to this point.

XUGRAD80
02-17-2022, 01:50 PM
I can’t argue with your assessment of the players. Other than a few, they have significant limitations to consistently win in the Big East.Thus Steele is not a great Big East recruiter. But , beyond that, what is he doing wrong or not doing that would make them better. Use the Jay Wright analogy if you wish. What would he be doing with these mediocre players?

I’ve thought all year, since before the season started, that X did not have the talent to be in the top 1/2 of the BE. I had HOPED that I was wrong and that some of the players would play to what we saw as their potential, but either they haven’t done that or we vastly overrated what their potential is. I’m not at all sure what this team could be doing differently that would be effective, but I would have 1st off put this team into primarily a zone defense. They are slow afoot and long of length. That says zone to me, not man to man. On offense, they need to run more actual plays that are designed to get OPEN shots and to stop playing one one one so much. They freelance to much on offense and don’t play good help defense at all. I don’t know how much those changes would have effected their record, but I think it could have made them a team that got better as the season went on, and not one that has gotten exposed and gotten less competitive.

JTG
02-17-2022, 02:03 PM
You know, I have come to agree with this assessment. At the beginning of this season, I thought we had tons of talent. And I thought questioning the talent level was being pessimistic. But, every single sentence above is accurate. We, on this board, looked at our team last October and thought we had an abundance of riches. But, we are not all that athletic. We are not that strong. Our ball handling and three point shooting isn't better than our competition. We just ain't that good. To top it off, as Sean Miller noted, we are soft. I have to give credit to another poster, somewhere on this board, who noted that we are pretty much what the back of our baseball card says we are.
I don't totally disagree with the talent. It makes it even more obvious that it is coaching. If you have a bag of apples, you make applesauce. You don't try to make chili. We're not Nova.These guys have enough talent to succeed in the right system. Granted he's not out on the floor, but Steele doesn't know what the hell he's doing. Keep someone under the basket on defense, and stop having a slow big hedging at the 3 point line. Drive and score, drive and dish, and unless you have a fast break, use most of the shot clock. I hate to see another NCAA go by, but if I knew we could get Miller, I'd be thrilled.

bleedXblue
02-17-2022, 02:52 PM
X was picked to finish 3rd in the BE from what I recall. A lot of folks thought we had talent.

drudy23
02-17-2022, 02:53 PM
We have talent.

If Jay Wright was our coach, we'd be top 3 right now.

BigMoeMusketeer
02-17-2022, 03:14 PM
Curious - why would even a Big Donor not be frustrated as well? Is it the relationship with the FIL? Is it because Steele was his guy and doesn't want to look bad? I mean, this is the 4th year of the same mediocrity. 4 years is a long time with no upward push.

Sounds like you get the issues perfectly. Xavier can't afford to go too many Marches without a lot of national love in the Dance -- that is good for enrollment, and they can't spend enough to replicate that organic awareness lift they were used to getting for nearly 15 years.

IM4X
04-01-2022, 03:55 PM
Dear X players, Jonas and staff,

Congratulations on winning the NIT Tournament
You are amazing representatives of X!
You all are like brothers.
Together, you have incredible heart and chemistry.
Together, you finished this year with a bang!
Ne t year, together, the sky is the limit.

This one’s for you.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2sg5ThccqzE

xukeith
04-01-2022, 05:26 PM
Dear X players, Jonas and staff,

Congratulations on winning the NIT Tournament
You are amazing representatives of X!
You all are like brothers.
Together, you have incredible heart and chemistry.
Together, you finished this year with a bang!
Ne t year, together, the sky is the limit.

This one’s for you.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2sg5ThccqzE

Call me old or not with it but that song is one of the worst heard in history. I need my 14 seconds back!

IM4X
04-02-2022, 09:48 PM
Call me old or not with it but that song is one of the worst heard in history. I need my 14 seconds back!

Ok… “You’re a grumpy old man!” And sadly you may be younger than me.

Now, I’ll admit that it does have a bit of a “techno- cheerleader” vibe to it, but it is hardly the worst song in history. I’m going to go out on a limb and say you’ve never been clubbing in NYC. Fair enough.

Now if you are not liking the song in this video, I’m going to have to check your pulse.

https://mobile.twitter.com/XavierMBB/status/1509936677929689096?s=20&t=hMvusLgxBcT6RouGizmRyQ

xuphan
04-02-2022, 10:07 PM
I believe in our program!